consumation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
consumation (uncountable)
- (rare) Consumption; the act of consuming or depleting something.
- 1919 December 12, Charles L[athrop] Parsons, “The American Chemical Society, V”, in Science, volume L, number 1302, Lancaster, P.A., Garrison, N.Y., New York, N.Y.: The Science Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 547:
- Nitrate of soda is itself an important ingredient of fertilizer, and any decrease in the consumation of nitrate for making acid should react in favor of a decreased demand, and so of a lower price, for nitrate of soda.
Usage notes[edit]
- Not to be confused with consummation (“the act of consummating; the first act of sexual intercourse in a relationship”).
References[edit]
- “consumation, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
